The Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award

Description

The purpose of this award shall be to recognize undergraduate students enrolled at the Commonwealth campuses whose outstanding qualities of character, scholarship, leadership, and citizenship have been directed into programs and services that have positively influenced fellow students and have contributed to the prestige and well-being of their campus and, hence, to the reputation of the University as a whole.

Award

Engraved plaque to be permanently displayed at Mont Alto honoring winners

Framed Certificate

Medallion

Funds for the certificates and medallions have been contributed by Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker.

Eligibility

Nominee must be a current student enrolled at the Commonwealth campuses
Nominee must be completing two full years of undergraduate study in either an associate degree or baccalaureate degree program
Nominee must consistently demonstrate the qualities which the Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award honors during this period of enrollment.

Criteria for Judging

Possess outstanding qualities of character, scholarship, leadership, and citizenship.

Contribute to programs and services that positively influence fellow students.

Enhance the prestige and well-being of the Penn State Mont Alto campus, and the reputation of the University as a whole.

Procedure

Nominations accepted from Penn State Mont Alto Faculty or Staff.

Nominator consults with student nominee in order to fully complete required fields in the online nomination form (online form located at bottom of page).

Once form has been submitted by nominator, student nominee will be prompted to submit a personal statement in support of the nomination.

Nomination and personal statement must include the nominee’s qualifications for the award as they relate to the “Criteria for Judging”.

Selection Committee

Director of Academic Affairs

Director of Student Affairs

Faculty Representative

Nomination Deadline

Nomination deadline for the 2025-2026 award season is March 27, 2026

Past Recipients

2025	Enoch Ayanwale

A complete list of The Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award Recipients recognized at Penn State Mont Alto is available at: https://montalto.psu.edu/award/walker/recipients

Student Information

Student’s Name

Student's Email Address

Student's Telephone

Student Academic Information

Student’s Major

Student's College

Student's Semester Standing

Semester 1 GPA | Cumulative Average

Semester 2 GPA | Cumulative Average

Semester 3 GPA | Cumulative Average

Semester 4 GPA | Cumulative Average

Semester 5 GPA | Cumulative Average

Semester 6 GPA | Cumulative Average

Semester 7 GPA | Cumulative Average

Leadership

Campus Organization 1 | # Years | Office(s) Held

Campus Organization 2 | # Years | Office(s) Held

Campus Organization 3 | # Years | Office(s) Held

Campus Organization 4 | # Years | Office(s) Held

List campus clubs or organizations in which nominee holds or has held active membership. These statements are to relate only to that period of time during which the nominee has been enrolled as a student of the University.

Citizenship

Community Organization 1 | # Years | Office(s) Held

Community Organization 2 | # Years | Office(s) Held

Community Organization 3 | # Years | Office(s) Held

Community Organization 4 | # Years | Office(s) Held

If necessary, use this area to describe additional contributions which nominee has made.

Comment on noteworthy personal contributions of time, energy, and/or initiative that the nominee has made for the general good of fellow students and the campus and community. These statements are to relate only to that period of time during which the nominee has been enrolled as a student of the University.

Sponsor's Character Statement

(Include examples that demonstrate how the nominee has positively influenced fellow students and has contributed to the prestige and well-being of Penn State Mont Alto, as well as the reputation of Penn State as a whole. In your statement, please feel free to expand on items you have included earlier related to the nominee's character, scholarship, leadership, and citizenship.)

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